Aeronautics  Tags: aero aeronautics galcit aeronautical  

Selected fulltext of papers in HTML format. Topics include Aeronautics, Computer Processing and Simulation, Nuclear Industry, and Transportation.

a web textbook by D.J. Auld of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sydney. "Topics relevant to the undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering are covered."

Published by the NAP; available fulltext for reading on-line. Search the NAP catalog for similar reports and books.

From the US Army Research Laboratory this handbook proposes to be the "primary and authoritative source for statistically-based characterization data of current and emerging polymer matrix, metal matrix, and ceramic matrix composite materials."

Rand Corp report detailing the development of small spacecraft within NASA and the DOD.

Explains and demonstrates different finite element modeling and analysis techniques, including frequency response-vibration and modal weight calculations; links to NASA and Non-NASA finite element modeling sites also provided.

(NIST Special Publication 975) report on the past 100 years of thermophysics and forward-looking predictions on possible future directions of thermophysics.

Created for the Energy Engineering course at Leeds University in the United Kingdom, this tutorial introduces students to the basics of thermal ignition and explains two theories used to describe it, Semenov and Frank-Kamenetskii.

The online presentation of The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work which led to them making the world's first powered and sustained flight.